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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of International Studies

Teaching areas

Modern Middle East, Modern Arab World, Medicine, Disease.

Research areas

Modern Middle East, History of Medicine, Social & Cultural History

Education

PhD, History, York University, Canada

MA, History, University of Western Ontario, Canada

BA, Specialization in History, University of Western Ontario

Professional experience

Assistant Professor at American University of Sharjah(2019 - Present)

Contact

[email protected]

Dr. Sara Farhan

Publications

Sara Farhan, Resistance, resilience and recovery: Archives and libraries in post-liberation Nineveh, Published, Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World, 14, 2, 2020

Sara Farhan, ‘HunaBaghdad’: competing visions in television programming in Monarchic Iraq, Published, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 47, 2, pp. 282-301, 2020

Sara Farhan, On Franz Fanon: Key Concepts, Published, Left History, 22, 2, pp. 95-101, 2018

Sara Farhan, Iraq: A History, Published, International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, 12 (2), pp. 213-17, 2018

Sara Farhan, Industrial Sexuality: Gender, Urbanization, and Social Transformation in Egypt, Published, Gender and Society, 31 (6), 2017

Sara Farhan, Medicine and Morality in Egypt: Gender and Sexuality in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, Published, RELIGION AND SOCIETY, 8, 2017

Sara Farhan, Ungovernable Life: Mandatory Medicine and Statecraft in Iraq, Published, Anthropology of the Middle East, 12 (2), 2017

Sara Farhan, Gramsci on Tahrir: Revolution and Counter Revolution in Egypt, Published, Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research, 2017

Grants and sponsorships

Michael E. DeBakey Fellow in the History of Medicine, Other, 2019

Awards and Honors

Received, MENA Prize for Excellence, Soliya, 2020

Received, Dr. Michael Elias DeBakey History of Medicine Fellowship, The National Library of Medicine (USA), 2019

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